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  • 1make a dent in — phrasal : to produce an inconsiderable effect upon his gambling losses hardly made a dent in his huge fortune unable even to make a dent in his complacency …

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  • 2Dent — Dent, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dented}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Denting}.] To make a dent upon; to indent. [1913 Webster] The houses dented with bullets. Macaulay. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 3dent — I. n. Indentation, dint, nick, notch. II. v. a. Indent, make a dent upon …

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  • 4Dent, Edward John — ▪ British clockmaker born Aug. 19, 1790, London died March 8, 1853, London       Englishman noted for his design and construction of fine and historically important precision clocks (clock) and chronometers (chronometer).       Dent was… …

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  • 5in|dent´er — in|dent1 «verb. ihn DEHNT; noun. IHN dehnt, ihn DEHNT», verb, noun. –v.t. 1. to make notches in (an edge, line, or border); notch: »The mountains indent the horizon. 2. to form notches or deep bays in; penetrate: »an indented coast. 3. to begin… …

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  • 6in|dent — in|dent1 «verb. ihn DEHNT; noun. IHN dehnt, ihn DEHNT», verb, noun. –v.t. 1. to make notches in (an edge, line, or border); notch: »The mountains indent the horizon. 2. to form notches or deep bays in; penetrate: »an indented coast. 3. to begin… …

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  • 7Gilda Dent — Superherobox no caption = character name = Gilda Dent publisher = DC Comics debut = Detective Comics #66 (August 1942) creators = Bob Kane, Bill Finger alter ego = full name = Gilda Grace Dent (née Gold) species = homeworld = alliances = aliases …

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  • 8Dented — Dent Dent, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dented}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Denting}.] To make a dent upon; to indent. [1913 Webster] The houses dented with bullets. Macaulay. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 9Denting — Dent Dent, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dented}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Denting}.] To make a dent upon; to indent. [1913 Webster] The houses dented with bullets. Macaulay. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 10Places in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy — Hitchhiker s portal This is a list of places featured in Douglas Adams s science fiction series, The Hitchhiker s Guide to the Galaxy. The series is set in a fictionalised version of the Milky Way galaxy and thus, while most locations are pure… …

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